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Come Hear NC On Songs We Love: Tift Merritt

Tift Merritt
Alexandra Valenti
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Sacks & Co.

We've teamed up with Come Hear NC on a podcast series that explores North Carolina music one song at a time. This week we've got MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger telling us about why he loves 'Traveling Alone' by Tift Merritt - the title track from her 2012 record.

"When I hear that song, I hear a song about the loneliness of being an artist."

A picture of Hiss Golden Messenger's M.C. Taylor
Credit Elise Tyler / Merge Records
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Merge Records

Here's a video of MC Taylor performing 'Traveling Alone' at the North Carolina Art Museum in 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkB36KnwCsQ

Eric Hodge hosts WUNC’s broadcast of Morning Edition, and files reports for the North Carolina news segments of the broadcast. He started at the station in 2004 doing fill-in work on weekends and All Things Considered.
Brian Burns is the WUNC music reporter
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